MOB -Two children go and stay with a farmer relation. They go exploring and find a barrow. Sitting on the barrow is a dwarf and he takes them into many adventures where the outcome is to retreive the Godess Freja's necklace - the Wierdstone of Brisingamem. Elves in that if I remember rightly.

MOG - is where the children are still on the farm having had whooping cough and the baddies are after the wierdstone that the girl now owns.

Seconded! I would also recommend the Roman Mysteries series and His Dark Materials for older kids. I've managed to persuade my sister to try The Wee Free Men finally, I'm trying to free her from Jaqueline Wilson's influence

A good, honest to goodness childrens' Christmas story is 'The story of Holly and Ivy' by Rumer Godden. Not pertinent to this season but worth finding if you can. I used to read it to my classes of 7 - 9 year olds in my teaching days and they adored it, as did I!

I began reading this really cool book today called The Dead by Charlie Higson
It's about when this disease affects adults and teenagers over the age of 14
so all the people affected turn into zombies and try and kill everybody aged 12-14,It's a really good book but definitely for kids over the age of 12

Do you know the Buffy fan?The Buffy fan,the Buffy fan.Do you know the Buffy fan?The one who is extremely obsessed.